that's the best way to explain dan dorfman. the face of financial reporting by getting in the face of those whom we were reporting. he reached the corner off this. he crashed this. now, like mike, dan is gone. he died this past weekend. fewer know of dan than mike. even though mike might have given them the business, dan changed business. he changed the behavior of those who run business. up until dan came along, financial news was dull. ceos preached the latest misses from mount olympus. imagine their horror at the scrappy reporter with the odd outfit and the thick accent from brooklyn, no less. he was forever underrated by suggests until it was too late. dan was that guy. so connected. so plugged in. try as you might, you couldn't afford to tune him out. god knows, a lot of ceos tried. whether at the "wall street journal" or business week or cnn. cnbc. dan was a guy you did not ignore. he didn't just report on the markets. dan moved the markets. i remember while i was at cnbc in the early days when few had the network, people

dan dorfman, known for his pioneering market coverage died over the weekend at 80. dan dorfman suffered from a heart condition and he was very influential on tv and in print. as much a newsmaker as a reporter. he delivered reports that were must watch viewing and often moved stock prices and also authored "heard on the street" column and wrote for "usa today" and "esquire." he moved to the internet early in 1999. and until last year, he blogged for the huffington post. he was a wonderful guy. he kept us all on our toes and he will be sorely missed, ty. >> he was an original and doing things that sometimes drew controversy to him based on the fact that he was doing something that really nobody else was doing, and it put him in contact with people who sometimes were controversial of themselves. >> very much so. >> he was original. >> he was. what i loved about dan is took the work very seriously. he didn't take himself too seriously and made him so much fun to work with. >> quite a character. >> >>> all right. we promised you the usa block. not a since l menlgs of gre

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